Review of the Working Time Directive - Have your say!

1. Measuring weekly working time

Under the EU Working Time Directive, workers should not work longer than a maximum of 48 hours per week on average. The average weekly working time can be calculated over:

- generally, up to 4 months
- in certain activities, up to 6 months
- by collective bargaining only, up to 12 months (in any activity).

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* 1. Does your company keep records of workers' weekly working time (excluding senior managers)?

Yes

To some extent, or for some workers only

No (skip questions 2 - 5 and go to next page)

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* 2. Over what period does your company calculate workers' average weekly working time?

We don't calculate average weekly working time (skip questions 3-5 and go to next page)

Up to 4 months

4-6 months

6-12 months

Longer than 12 months

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* 3. Is your business subject to strong fluctuations in its activity during the year?

Yes, largely predictable seasonal fluctuations

Yes, frequently unpredictable fluctuations

No (skip question 4)

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* 4. Does your company face significant difficulties in recruiting temporary staff to cover a period when demand is at a peak?

Strongly agree

Agree

Not really

Not at all

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* 5. Suppose that the rules were changed, so that any company had the option of calculating average working time over up to 12 months. How would this affect your company?

My company already uses a 12-month average

Would not be useful for us overall

Important for us, allows significant savings in labour costs

Important for us, allows us to better match customer demands

Important for us, better match between labour supply and labour demand

Not sure how this would affect us